Observation of photon-assisted tunneling in optical lattices

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Sias, C. [1 ]
Lignier, H. [1 ]
Singh, Y. P. [1 ]
Zenesini, A. [1 ]
Ciampini, D. [1 ,2 ]
Morsch, O. [1 ]
Arimondo, E. [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis E Fermi, CNR, INFM, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[2] CNISM Unita Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.040404
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have observed tunneling suppression and photon-assisted tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice subjected to a constant force plus a sinusoidal shaking. For a sufficiently large constant force, the ground energy levels of the lattice are shifted out of resonance and tunneling is suppressed; when the shaking is switched on, the levels are coupled by low-frequency photons and tunneling resumes. Our results agree well with theoretical predictions and demonstrate the usefulness of optical lattices for studying solid-state phenomena.
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